Railway mail-pouch-transfer system.



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PATBNTED JULY 21, .1903. W. W. TAYLOR & W. F. BOS'SERT.

RAILWAY MAI L POUCH TRANSFER SYSTEM. APPLICATION FILED 001.229.1902.

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PATENTED JULY 21, 1903.. W. W. TAYiTiQR: & W. P. BOSSERT.

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UNITED STATES PATENT CIFFI Patented July 21, 1903.

WILLIAM W. TAYLOR AND WILLIAM F. BOSSERT, o'F UTICA, NEW YORK.

RAILWAY MAlL-POUCfH-TRANSFER SYSTElVl.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 7 34,006, datd'J 111$ 21, 1903. Application filed October 29, 1902. Serial No. 129,229. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Beitknown that we, WILLIAM W. TAYLOR and WILLIAM F. BOsSERT,resid ing at Utica,in; the county of Oneida and State of New York, have invented certain Improvements in Rail-.

way Mail-Pouch-Transfer Systems, of which the following is a specification.

The presentinvention relates to the art of' they can be seized bythe fixed device near the track, and, second, it is also necessary that when the pouches are taken from the fixed device at the side of thetrack by the apparatus on the moving car that a door beopen in the car into which the said apparatus and pouches are taken. By the present invention means are provided on the mail-car, consisting of a combined delivery and re ceiving mailpouch device composed of a sliding frame normally retracted to the interior of the mail-car and adapted to be automatically extended from the side of the car, to be in proximityto the fixed device by the side of the track at a way-station. When the said device is in its retracted position, mail-pouches to be dropped are hung on a delivery-bar Within one compartment of the frame, called the delivery compartment, and any mail-pouches which have been taken up from the fixed device by the side of the track are receivedinto what we call the receiving-compartment of the sliding frame and are removed therefrom by the clerks in the car, and no opening, such as a window or door, is necessary on the side of the car, and all the inconveniences of such openings, as inrushing cold air, dust, &c., whereby the interior of the car is cooled or its contents disturbed are avoided, and when the said device is in its extended position the mailpouches to be dropped from the car are within range of the fixed apparatus'at the waystation, and the mail-pouches upon the fixed apparatus are at the same time accessible to the said device. We may employ any suitable motor to extend and retract the mailpouch delivering and receiving device, such as operated by electricity, hot water, steam,

or compressed air, but we prefer to use the.

latter and to utilize the means devised for the operation of the air-brakes of railroadtrains and may take the compressed air directly from the tank used for that purpose, or,-as we prefer, use a separate tank supplied therefrom. f

The motor to operate the mail delivering and receiving device is actuated in the following manner: The arm which carries the support for the mail-pouches which are to be collected by the moving railway-train is connected by rods and levers to a horizontal rod supported in bearings upon the cross-ties between the rails, from which at suitable distances on each side of the said arm are short extensions to elevating and depressing apparatns between the rails, which consist of a hinged incline adapted to be raised and lowered when the said arm is depressed or elevated.

Normally the arm upon which the -mailpouches are suspended is in an upward position and the apparatus between the rails is depressed, so that any weight accidentally coming thereon will not produce any result; but when the mail-pouches are suspended from the arm their weight carries it down and elevates the apparatusbetween the rails, so that when a train approaches a projecting trolley from the car comes in contact with the incline of said apparatus and the trolley is forced upward into the car-to open an airvalve and permit the operation of the motor and the extension of the delivering and receiving mail-pouch device from the side of the car, and after the car has passedthe said fixed supportand the transfer of mailpouches has taken place the said trolley strikes the second incline and causes the opening ofa second port in the valve and sends air into the opposite end of the motorcylinder and causes the delivery and receiving device to be retracted into the car.

The invention also consists in the various carry out the main conception, as

we will now proceed to describe, and point out in the claims.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a plan view of a railway-track with portions of the invention, a mail-ear being indicated in dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of Fig. 1. Figs. 3, 4, and 5 are sectional views of elevating and depressing apparatus between the rails. Figs. 6 and 7 are sectional views of the fixed mail-pouch-receiving box. Figs. 8 and 9 are views of the fixed mail-pouch-delivery arm which supports the said receiving-box. Fig. 10 is a horizontal section on line y y of Fig. 11 through one end of the mail-car. Fig. llisaverticalsection through the said car on line 00:1; of Fig. 10. Fig. 12 is a section on line .2 z of Fig. 10. Fig. 13 is a section on line to w of Fig. 11.

In the drawings, 1 and 2 represent the rails of a track, extending on each side of a waystation E, and 2 2 are such cross-ties as are necessary to support the various parts associated with the invention, no other ties being represented.

g and g are elevating and depressing apparatus between the rails, one on each side of the station E, consisting of channel-plates 17, in which slide the ends of the bars 30,

jointed together at their central ends by a pin 31. The ends are shown as tongued into each other. Under the joined ends is a hollow case t, whose base is secured to a suitable foundation in a pit.

22 is a bolt whose upper end is adapted to support the bars 30 under conditions to be described. its lower end is bifurcated and the upper end of link 2'1: is pivoted therein. The lower end of said link is pivoted to the links 2l-and 25. The latter is also pivoted in the base of the case i. The opposite end of link 21 is pivoted to the crank 43, secured to the horizontal rod 14:, extending between the apparatus g and g and supported by the bearings 38 and on the cross-ties 2. At the way-station a crank 13 is secured to the rod, to the end of which is pivoted the rod 12, pivoted at 11 to one arm of the bellcrank e, which is secured to the inner side of the hollow post a by the stud 9. The other arm of the bell-crank is pivoted at 10 to the upright rod 7, which extends to the top of the port and is there pivoted to the short lever of the arm I), pivoted to a bracket 3 on the inside of the hollow post. The arm I) is adapted to be raised, as shown in dotted lines, and to be lowered into the position shown in full lines upon the set-screws 6 in a bracket attached to the post. To the outer end of the arm is attached the cross-bar 32, to which is pivoted the attachment 4, consisting of the end levers 36, the central lever 35, and the top bar 34:, to which are pivoted the upperends of the levers 35and 36. The lower ends of the levers 36 are curved outward,and the central lever 35 is adapted when in the position of the full lines to support one or more mail-pouches 1) 'upon the hook or supporting-pin 90. The several joints or pivots holding the parts together are made to move stiftly and to remain in the positions shown in the full and dotted lines, from which considerable force is needful to change them. To the side of the post a toward the track is socured the mail-pouch-receiving box f, provided with closed sides and open ends. The bottom is preferably made of slats 28, while the sides slope toward the top. The cover 29 is indented on each side 27 for a purpose to be described.

19 19 are rods at the bottom of each inner side secured at their ends, and 18 is a red at the top extending from side to side. A coarse stout netting or screen is attached to the bar 18 and to the bars 19 19 loosely by rings.

A represents a mail-car from which pouches are adapted to be transferred to the boxfon the post and to which pouches are adapted to be received from the attachment 4 on the post, and h represents the apparatus carried by the car for perfecting the said purposes. The apparatus h is shown as extending across one end of the car and consists of a frame 46, inelosing an opening in the side of the car, to which are secured the ends of the supporting and guiding rods 3 3, whose opposite ends are connected with the plate 50, attached to the opposite side of the car.

0 is a cylinder secured to the rods s s by the bands 48. The cylinder is provided with a piston (not shown) and a piston-rod 7', which is attached to a slide 15 by the nut u, a portion 61 of the slide being turned up for the purpose. The slide extends outward and forms the top t of a box or receptacle G, pro- I vided with a bottom 7& and sides 70 and 72. The edges of the slide t slide in the grooves formed in the inner sides of the bars .9 s, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 10 and in section by Fig. 12. To the outer end of the box G is pivoted at 73 the receptacle F, which is hollow in horizontal section, as shown in Fig. 13, as 80. The flanges 81 are adapted to be held to the side 70 of the box G by the buttons 71 or in any other-suitable manner, and the side 70 of the box G has an opening into the space 80. This receptacle F is adapted to be dropped inward, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 11.

jis a bar adapted to slide in a bearing 85 under the slide t and extends across the box G and rearward thereof and bears on its side the pin 67, which is embraced by the fork 68 on the end of the lever D, which is pivoted on the floor of the carat 78 to the base 79. A rod 75 extends inward from the side 72 of the box G through the lever D and has upon each side of said lever the adjustable nuts 76 and 77. A small rod 63 extends through the bar 3' from a slot 62 in its outer end to a slot 65 near the inner end, where its end 64 is turned up. A spring 66 is secured by one end to the under side of the bar j near the slot 65, the free end of which extends through the slot into an opening in the slide 6. The top of the box G is concaved on each side, as 83, and pivoted to its inner end on each side at o are the levers q, whose inner ends bear against the turned-up end 64 of the rod 63.

To the under side of the bearing 85 and the inner walls of the side 72 and of the receptacle F are bars to which are secured a stout openmesh netting 69 rather loosely. The spring 66 keeps the rod 63 pressed against the outer end of the barj, but is adapted to be pressedof which 57 is a spindle adapted to slide up and down in the bearing 58 and has upon its lower end a trolley or wheel 60.

59 is a collar upon thespindle, between which and the base of the bearing 58 isaspiral spring 60 to keep the spindle down. To the upper end of the spindle is pivoted a heavy tripping push-piece 56, normally resting under a lug on the end 7.. of the valve m, and 53 is a heavy swinging lever pivoted at 52 to the valve-support normally resting upon the top of a lug 55 and held in position by the pin 54. In operation when the spindle 57 moves upward a lug 55 is carried around one position, or one-quarter of a'circle, and the lever 53 is moved away by the advancing lug and swings over it and holds it, and when the spindle57 is forced down by the spring 58 the upper part of the trip 56 catches on the top of a lug and is swung out until it passes it, when it resumes its position under the same.

The pipes 11, n extend from the sides of the valve apparatusM to the opposite ends of the cylinder 0, respectively, so as the valve m is turned continuously in the same direction by the tripping device 56 air is admitted first to one end of the cylinder and, second, to the other alternately, and when air is admitted to one end of the cylinder the spent air in the opposite endis exhausted, all in a well-known manner and not needful to be shown in the drawings or to be described.

In the operation of our invention suppose a mail-car to be approaching a station in the direction of the arrow, Fig. 2, the apparatus h on the car is in the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 11 within the car. The clerks within the car throw the receptacle F inward into the dotted position shown'in Fig. 11, force the rod 63 back, and hang the mailpouches on its end. Meanwhile the railway employee at the Way-station places the mail to be delivered to the car on the attachment 4 of the arm, as shown in Fig. 9, and to do this pulls the arm 1) down from its normal position, (shown in dotted lines in Fig. 8,) and by so doing the rod '7 rises and pulls the levers and rods into positions shown in full lines in Figs. 1, 3, 5, and 8, and consequently the elevating-bars 30 are raised by the parts 22, as shown in Figs. 3 and 5, in which position a solid support is afforded the said bars, as the links are held in an upright position. Now as the car reaches the apparatus g the trolley or wheel rides upon the bar and'forces the spindle 57 up, and a lug 55 is turned about and also the Valve m, and air is admitted to the pipe 12 and the piston-rod r forced out, carrying with it the box G into the position shown in Figs. 1, 10, and 11, and as the box is carried out the rod 75 carries the lever D from the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 11 to the position shown in full lines, and owing to the arrangement of leverage the bar j is carried farther than the box G and into the position shown, thus extending the mailpouch P from the receptacle F. The position of the fixed apparatus at the way-station is arranged to agree with that of the device it, so that as the car passes the said apparatus the curved end of the lever 36 on the arm I) strikes and hooks under the lever g on the device h and forces it inward, so that its inner arm strikes the upturned end 64 of the rod 63 and forces it against the spring 66, compressing the same, and the mail-pouch P is released as the rod leaves the slot 62 in the outer end of j and is caught in the indented 'over into the position of the dotted lines in Fig. 9, and the mail-pouch p is released from the hook on lever 35 and is caught in the receptncle G on the car. When the lever 36 hooks under the lever q, the arm I) is held down and prevented from rising at all.

It will be observed that the apparatus h on the car is extended when the car passes the apparatus 9 between the rails, at which time the arm I) of the post is depressed by the pouches, and when the pouches are transferred to the car the arms released oftheir weight would rise and shift the rodsand le- Vers and allow the car to proceed with the apparatus h extended from the side of the car if means were not taken to prevent it. The means provided is. a device for retarding the rise of the arm 1), (shown in Fig. 8,) and it consists of a dash-pot J composed of an arm 8, attached to the rod j, carrying a piston adapted to engage with a pot d, which may be filled with any suitable material to retard the rise of the piston until the car reaches the second elevating apparatus 9 when the Wheel 60 strikes the bar 30 of the device and rising forces the valve m around where the mail-pouches can be unloaded from the compartment G.

WVe may employ other apparatus than that shown and described herein to carry out the invention. For instance, the movable compartments G and F maybe quite dilferent in construction and may be operated by any suitable motor.

The elevating apparatus between the tracks may be widely varied in construction and all without departing from the spirit of our invention.

We claim as our invention- 1. In a railway mail-pouch-transfer system, the combination of a moving mail-car equipped with pouch receiving and delivering apparatus, and of away-station provided with fixed apparatus for delivering and receiving mail-pouches to and from the car, the appa ratus on the car consisting of acarriage adapted to be loaded and unloaded within the car and to be automatically extended from the side of the car in proximity to the fixed apparatus on its approach to the way-station, and to be automaticallyretracted into the car on leaving the way-station.

2. In a railway mail-pouch-transfer system, the combination of a moving mail-car equipped with pouch receiving and delivering apparatus, and of a way-station provided with fixed apparatus for delivering and receiving mail-pouches to and from the car, the'apparatus on the car consisting of acarriage adapted to be loaded and unloaded within the car and to be automatically extended from the side of the car through an opening always closed by the carriage in proximity to the fixed apparatus on its approach to the waystation, and to be automatically retracted into the car on leaving the way-station.

3. In a railway mail-pouch-transfer system, the combination of a moving mail-car equipped with pouch receiving and delivering apparatus, and ofa way-station provided with fixed apparatus for delivering and receiving mail-pouches to and from the car, the apparatus on the car consisting of a carriage adapted to be loaded and unloaded within the car, and to be automatically extended from the side of the car in proximity to the fixed apparatus on its approach to the way-station, and to be automatically retracted into the car on leaving the way-station, the walls of the carriage closing the opening in the car when it is extended and when retracted.

4. In a railway mail-pouch-transfer system, the combination of a moving mail-car equipped with pouch receivingand delivering apparatus, and of a way-station provided with fixed apparatus for delivering and receiving mail-pouches to and from the car, the apparatus on the car consisting of a motor, and a carriage divided into a pouch-receiving compartment, and a pouch-delivering compartmentadapted to be respectively unloaded and loaded from the interior of the car, means for energizing the motor when the car approaches the way-station and for extending the carriage outward from the car in proximity to the fixed apparatus, and means for energizing the motor and for retracting the carriage to the interior of the car upon the departure of the car from the way-station.

5. In a railway mail-pouch-transfer system the combination of a moving mail-car equipped with pouch receiving and delivering apparatus, and of a way-station provided with fixed apparatus for delivering and receiving mail-pouches to and from the car, the apparatus on the car consisting of a motor, and a carriage divided into a pouch-receiving compartment and a pouch-delivering compartment adapted to be respectively unloaded and loaded from the interior of the car, the latter compartment having a bar for the suspension of a pouch, means for energizing the motor when the car approaches the way-station and for extending the carriage outward from the car, and for projecting the said bar beyond the end of the carriage, in proximity to the fixed apparatus, and means for energizing the. motor and for retracting the carriage to the interior of the car upon the departure of the car from the way-station.

6. In a railway mail-pouch-transfer system, the combination of a moving mail-car equipped with pouch receiving and delivering apparatus, and of a way-station provided with fixed apparatus for delivering and receiving mail-pouches to and from the car, the apparatus on the car consisting of a motor, and a carriage divided into a pouch-receiving compartment and a pouch-delivering compartment adapted to be respectively unloaded and loaded from the interior of the car, the latter compartment having a bar for the suspension of a pouch, means for energizing the motor when the car approaches the way-station and for extending the carriage outward from the car to bring its pouch-receiving compartment into operative relation with the delivery portion of the fixed apparatus, and for projecting the said bar into operative relation with the receiving portion of the fixed apparatus, and means for energizing the motor and for retracting the carriage to the interior of the car upon the departure of the car from the Way-station.

7. In a railway mail-pouch-trausfer system, the combination of a moving mail-car equipped with pouch receiving and delivering apparatus, and of a way-station provided with fixed apparatus for delivering and receiving mail-pouches to and from the car consisting of a movable arm and a box respectively, the apparatus on the car consisting of a motor adapted to give reciprocating motion to a carriage containing means for receiving and delivering pouches from and to the fixed apparatus, and adapted to be automatically extended from the side of the car to engage with the said fixed apparatus, when approaching the way-station, and to be retracted inside the car when departing from the waystation, with means for energizing the motor III consisting of an extension from the car adapted to engage with and be moved bya wedgingsurface controlled by the said movable arm.

8. In a railway mail-pouch-transfer system, the combination of a moving mail-car equipped with pouch receiving and delivering apparatus, and of a way-station provided with fixed apparatus for delivering and receiving mail-pouches to and from the car consisting of a movable-arm adapted to be depressed When pouches are suspended therefrom, and a box respectively, the apparatus on'the car consisting of a motor adapted to give reciprocating motion to a carriage containing means for receiving and delivering pouches from and to the fixed apparatus and adapted to be automatically extended from the side of the car to engage with the said fixed apparatus when approaching the waystation, and to be retracted inside the car when departing from the Way-station, means energizing the motor in approaching and re ceding from the way-station consisting ofan extension from the car adapted to engage with and be moved by a wedging-surface on each side of the way-station, with means for retarding the movement ofsaid movable arm afterit is released from the weight of the pouches.

9. In a railway mail-pouch-transfer system, the combination of a moving mail-car equipped with pouch receivingand delivering apparatus, and of a way-station provided with fixed apparatus for delivering and receiving mail-pouches to and from the car, the apparatus on the car consisting of a carriage adapted to be extended from the side of the car in proximity to the said fixed apparatus on its approach to the way-station, and to be retracted within the car on its departure from the way-station, by a motor on the car, the said motor rendered operative by the weight of the pouches upon the said fixed arm to extend the carriage, and made operative to retract the carriage by the removal of said pouches.

10. In a railway mail-pouch-transfer system, the combination of a moving mail-car equipped with pouch receiving and delivering apparatus, and of a way-station provided with fixed apparatus for delivering and receiving mail-pouches to and from the carconsisting of a movable arm to hold the pouches to be received by the car, and retained in one position by said pouches, and a box to receive the pouches from the car; the apparatus on the car consisting of a carriage adapted to be extended from the side of the car in proximity to the said fixed apparatus on the approach to the way-station, and to be retracted within the car on its departure from the way-station, by a motor on the car, the said motor rendered operative by the weight of the pouches upon the said fixed arm to extend the carriage, and made operative to retract the carriage by the removal of said pouches.

11. In a railway mail-pouch-transfer system, the combination of a mail-car equipped with pouch receiving and delivering apparatus, and of a way-station provided with fixed apparatus for delivering and receiving mailpouches to and from the car, the apparatus on the car consisting of a carriage adapted to be automatically extended from the side of the car in proximity to the fixed apparatus on its approach to the way-station through an opening in the side of the car and to be automatically retracted into the car on leaving the way-station, the carriage provided with walls or partitions which close the said opening when extended and when retracted.

12. In a railway mail-pouch-transfer apparatus, a mailcar equipped with mail-pouch receiving and delivering appliances consisting of a carriage adapted to be automatically extended from the side of the car on its approach to a way station through an opening in the side of the car, and to be automatically retracted into the car on leaving the station.

13. In a railway mail-pouch-transfer apparatus, a mail-car equipped with mail-pouch receiving and delivering appliances, consisting of a motor adapted to become energized upon the approach and upon the departure of the car from a way-station, and a carriage attached to said motor and adapted to be extended from the side of the car and to be retracted thereinto by the said motor, as set forth.

14. In a. railway mail pouch-transfer apparatus, a mail-car equipped with mail-pouch receiving and delivering appliances, consisting of a motor and a carriage attached thereto, the motor adapted to be automatically tripped upon the approach and upon the departure of the car from a way-station and to become energized and extend the carriage from the side of the car, and retract the same into the car, as set forth.

15. The combination, in a railway mailpouch-transfer system, of a car equipped with mail-pouch receiving and delivering appliances, consisting of a motor and a carriage, the latter composed of a pouch-receiving compartment and a pouch-delivering compartment, and adaptedto receive motion from the motor; with suitable devices fixed upon the railway-track upon the side of a way-station, registering with apparatus upon the car, to automatically operate the motor.

16. In a railway mail-pouch-transfer system, a mail-car equipped with mail-pouch receiving and delivering appliances, consisting of a tank of compressed air, a valve, a cylinder and piston, and a carriage attached to said piston, with fixed apparatus at a Waystation consisting of mail-pouch delivering and receiving devices, and means adjacent to the railway-track, adapted to engage with the valve mechanism upon the car, the said carriage containing the mail-pouch receiving and delivering appliances which are adapted to be extended and retracted from andto the car, as set forth.

17. In a railway mail-pouch-transfer system, a mail-car equipped with mail-pouch receiving and delivering appliances, consisting of a tank of compressed air, a valve, a cylinder and piston, and a carriage attached to said piston, provided with guides and guiderods, the said cylinder, piston, and carriage placed crosswise of the car, with fixed apparatus at a way-station consisting of mailpouch delivering and receiving devices, and means adjacent to the railway-track, raised and depressed by the said fixed apparatus, adapted when raised to engage with the valve mechanism upon the car, the said carriage containing the mail-pouch receiving and delivering appliances which are adapted to be extended and retracted from and to the car, as set forth.

18. In a railway mail-pouch-transfer system, the combination of a mail-car equipped with pouch receiving and delivering apparatus, and of a way-station provided with fixed apparatus for delivering and receiving mailpouches to and from the car; the apparatus on the car consisting of a carriage adapted to be automatically extended from the car in proximity to the fixed apparatus on its approach to the way-station, and to be automatically retracted into the car on leaving the way-station.

19. In a railway mail-pouch-transfer system, the combination of a mail-car equipped with pouch receiving and delivering apparatus, and of a way-station provided with fixed apparatus for delivering and receiving mailpouches to and from the car, the apparatus on the car consisting of a motor, and a movable carriage with p0uchreceiving and pouchdelivering appliances, means for energizing the motor when the car is in the vicinity of the way-station and for operating the carriage to bring its pouch apparatus in proximity to the pouch apparatus of the fixed apparatus, as set forth.

20. In a railway mail-pouch-transfer system, the combination of a mail-car equipped with pouch receiving and delivering apparatus, and of a way-station provided with fixed apparatus for delivering and receiving mailpouches to and from the car, the apparatus on the car consisting of a motor, and a movable carriage with pouch-receivingand pouchdelivering devices, means for energizing the motor when the car is approaching and departing from the vicinity of the way-station and for operating the carriage to bring its pouch apparatus in proximity to the pouch apparatus of the fixed apparatus, as set forth.

21. In a railway mail-pouch-transfer system, the combination of a mail-car equipped with pouch-receiving apparatus, and of a Waystation provided with fixed apparatus for delivering mail-pouches to the car, the apparatus on the car consisting of a motor and a movable carriage with pouch-receiving appliances, means for energizing the motor when the car is in the vicinity of the way-station and for operating the carriage to bring its pouch appliances in proximity to the pouch appliances of the said fixed apparatus.

22. In a railway mail-pouch-transfer system, the combination of a mail-car equipped with pouch-delivering apparatus, and of a way-station provided with fixed apparatus for receiving mail-pouches from the car, the apparatus on the car consisting of a motor and a movable carriage with pouch-receiving appliances, means for energizing the motor when the car is in the vicinity of the way-station and for operating the carriage to bring its pouch appliances in proximity to the pouch appliances of the said fixed apparatus.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, this 18th day of October, 1902.

IVILLIAM W. TAYLOR. WILLIAM F. BOSSERT.

WVitnesses:

HERMAN I'IEIDERICH, FRANK G. SCOFIELD. 

